Recently an adventurous spirit has captured my attention. Every day around noon, I log on to the Audubon website and look for the daily update from Noah Strycker, a 28 year old birder who is trying to see 5,000 species of birds in one year. Given that there are around 10,000 species, that means he aims to see half of all bird species in just 365 days. Exhausting? Yes. Crazy? Yes. Impressive? Yes. And he has inspired me to continue my birding and up my game.
I ended 2014 and began 2015 in Maine, where temperatures shifted from the warm mid-forties to the bitterly cold single digits. Regardless of the weather however, Maine is always beautiful, and I was lucky enough to spend some time on the rocky coastline, searching for Snowy Owls.
I am officially jealous of my fellow MEM’s who are working in Asheville. Not only do they have cool internships, but I stopped by their awesome new pad and neighborhood over the weekend and wasContinue reading
It was my first ever professional conference. As a Stanback Intern at The Conservation Fund, I was attending the North Carolina Land Trust Assembly spring meeting, held in Salter Path of the Outer Banks. InContinue reading
Spring breaks are for road trips (with plenty of carpooling and as much energy efficiency as possible of course), and so on a Friday afternoon I threw my bags in the back of a carContinue reading
It isn’t often that I have a chance to visit a local park at night. First, darkness creeps me out a little. Second, I’m generally not allowed in parks after sunset. Last Monday however, myContinue reading
I honed my birding skills over the summer by taking daily walks in the Pleasure House Point marshes of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Starting in May I must have walked the mile down and mile backContinue reading
Last week was my first North Carolina snow. I have seen snow before, feet and feet and feet of snow in New England where I grew up. But this was southern snow, which meant itContinue reading
This article is a continuation of Exploring the Outer Banks for the First Time: Day One 7:00 a.m. Time to rise and shine. Cell phone alarms buzzed us awake just as the sun was risingContinue reading
2013 was a strange year for Snowy Owls. In what is called an irruption year, thousands of Hedwig look-alikes (for all you Harry Potter fans out there) have left the Canadian tundra and spread asContinue reading
